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Since then I have fortunately found much more creative and positive ways to pursue my talent and interest in art, and this has been especially true since I moved to the Rogue Valley in Oregon in 1982 and discovered watercolor as a medium for painting. It flows and glows and is such a spontaneous way to paint that I became totally involved in it. The results may be bad, good, or indifferent but the process itself is to me totally magnificent. Perhaps that is because I particularly enjoy painting the natural world and watercolor depends on natural forces to achieve its effects, like gravity, capillary action, evaporation and the effect of light. Whatever the reason, painting in watercolors is probably the most exciting thing I do. |
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My
art is my life, and it has been since I was very young, scribbling
away at drawings on every scrap of paper I could find. I had
three sisters and among us there was a lot of sibling rivalry
--translation: quarreling--and I would draw the sisters on
my side with curly hair and the one or ones on the opposite
side of the disagreement with straight hair. This would cause
much emotional trauma to the unfortunate ones with straight
hair!
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Dodie is a native of the Midwest, born in Missouri with the actual name of Glendora (Dodie is a family nickname she has adopted as her "art" name). Growing up on a farm she was very much influenced by the verdant fields and flowers, the changing skies, and the other many evidences of nature around her. She attended the Northwest Missouri State University, graduating with a degree in art and English, subjects she taught for many years in the California school system after her move there later. She enthusiastically attended many art courses and workshops, and during these years mainly worked in oils, acrylics, and pen and ink drawing. Later, in 1982, she retired from teaching, her four children were gone from home, and she moved to Medford, Oregon, in the beautiful Rogue Valley, where she discovered a real fascination and talent for watercolor painting. Her work is noted for vibrant color and the fluid, sparkling quality of her medium. Her subjects range from realistic florals and landscapes to mixed media abstracts, but she is best known for her renditions of iris, her favorite flower. She has had many exhibitions, won many awards, and received real recognition as an artist. She teaches adults in her studio/gallery and recently held two workshops in Mexico. She enjoys traveling extensively and still takes workshops with other well-known artists. (See her resume for lists of these activities.) |
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Art
Background Exhibitions--numerous
shows in California, Oregon and other states, among them
the following: Honors
and Awards--some
of the many received: Professional
affiliations |
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